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“When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not (i)emerge(i), do not (i)leave(i): they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.”
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
“Ultimately — or at the limit — in order to see a photograph well, it is best to look away or close your eyes. 'The necessary condition for an image is sight,'Janouch told Kafka; and Kafka smiled and replied: 'We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes.”
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
“What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially.”
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
― Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Renata’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Renata’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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